| Uttarpara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 185 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Uttarpara Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Serampore |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 216,312 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Uttarpara Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inHooghly district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 185 Uttarpara Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality,Konnagar Municipality and Nabagram, Kanaipur, Raghunathpurgram panchayats ofSreerampur Uttarparacommunity development block.[1]
Uttarpara Assembly constituency is part of No. 27Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Monoranjan Hazra | Communist Party of India | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Santasri Chatterjee | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay | ||
| 2001 | Swaraj Mukherjee | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2003^ | Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2006 | Dr. Srutinath Praharaj | ||
| 2011 | Anup Ghoshal | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Prabir Kumar Ghosal | ||
| 2021 | Kanchan Mullick | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Kanchan Mullick | 93,878 | 46.96 |  2.07 | |
| BJP | Prabir Kumar Ghosal | 57,889 | 28.96 | 16.44 | |
| CPI(M) | Rajat Banerjee | 42,718 | 21.37 |  17.18 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,353 | 1.68 | 0.67 | |
| CPI(ML) | Sourav Roy | 1,223 | 0.61 | 0.30 | |
| Turnout | 1,99,894 | 76.94 | 1.17 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Prabir Kumar Ghosal | 84,918 | 44.89 | −14.88 | |
| CPI(M) | Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj | 72,918 | 38.55 | +3.43 | |
| BJP | Krishna Bhattacharjee | 23,687 | 12.52 | +9.00 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,444 | 2.35 | ||
| CPI(ML) | Swapan Majumdar | 1,730 | 0.91 | ||
| Independent | Suvendu Biswas | 1,458 | 0.77 | ||
| Turnout | 1,89,155 | 78.11 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | 11.32# | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Anup Ghoshal | 104,753 | 59.77 | +11.91 | |
| CPI(M) | Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj | 61,560 | 35.12 | −13.32 | |
| BJP | Pranab Chakraborty | 6,161 | 3.52 | ||
| JD(U) | Rishikesh Singh | 2,794 | 1.59 | ||
| Turnout | 175,268 | 81.03 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 25.23# | |||
In the2006 state assembly elections,[5] Prof. Dr. Srutinath Praharaj ofCPI(M) won the Uttarpara assembly seat, defeating Sudpita Roy ofTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Indrajit Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in the 2003 by-poll, which was held following the demise of sitting MLA Prof. Swaraj Mukherjee. Prof. Swaraj Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress defeated Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 2001.[6] Jyoti Krishna Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Pabitra Gupta ofCongress in 1996.[7]Santasri Chatterjee of CPI(M) defeated Jagat Chatterjee of Congress in 1991[8] and 1987,[9] Sukumar Ghosh of Congress in 1982,[10] and Kashinath Banerjee ofJanata Party in 1977.[11][12]
Santasri Chatterjee of CPI(M) won in 1972[13] and 1971.[14] Monoranjan Hazra of CPI/CPI(M) won in 1969,[15] 1967,[16]1962,[17]1957[18] and in independent India's first election in1951.[19]
